Thursday, May 22, 2014

人间有爱

While the online world seems to be increasingly filled with vitriol and complaints and general dissatisfaction with various issues, little random acts of kindness and courtesy that I witness each day in real life give me hope and the assurance that there is still much good in this society.

I was on the bus on the way to work yesterday when a man in his 50s or 60s sitting directly in front of me started coughing badly.

I contemplated offering him my Stepsils lozenges but was slightly embarassed and didn't know how to go about it especially since I was behind him.

A lady in her 50s two seats to his right then got up and offered him some mint sweets, which he politely declined.

I was not the recipient but still, I truly appreciated her act of kindness.

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